Improvement in culinary tongs



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Culinary Tongs.

No, 145,564. Patented Dec. 16.1873.

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ALFRED GREENLEAF, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT lN CULINARY TONGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 145,564, dated December16,1873; application filed September 20,1873.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALFRED GREENLEAF, ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Culinary Tongs, of which the following isa specification:

Figure 1 is a top view of my improved culinary tongs, and Fig. 2 is aside view of the same.

The invention will first be full described, and then pointed out in theclaim.

A is a wooden handle, to the forward end of which are attached twowires, 0 O. The middle part of wire B is bent into rectangular form, asshown in Fig. 1. The end parts of the wire B then extend back to thehandle A parallel with each other, and in nearly a straight line. Themiddle part of the rim 0 is bent into rectangular form, and its endparts pass back nearly parallel with each other, but at such a distanceapart as to receive the two parts of the wire B between them. Afterpassing back a little distance the end parts of wire 0 are bent upwardnearly at right angles, extend a little distance above the wire B, andare bent toward the handle A at an angle a little less than a rightangle, and near the end of the handle A have a coil formed in them togive them elasticity. To the upper part of the wire 0, a little aboveits coils, is attached a thumb-piece, D, for the operator to rest histhumb upon when using the tongs, and also to keep the parts of the wire0 in proper relative position. The forward sides of the rectanglesformed in the middle parts of the wires B G are flattened, and theirends are corrugated, as shown in Fig. 2, to enable the tongs to morereadily grasp and more securely hold the article to be held. To theother end of the handle A is attached a claw, E, similar to the claw ofa stove-cover lifter, to enable the tongs to be used for liftingstove-covers, plates, pie-dishes, &c.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- Apair of wire tongs, B G, the prong O being thelower, upwardly bent above the other, and provided with thumb-piece D,as described, to

enable the end of prong O to be moved to and from that of prong B, inthe manner set forth.

ALFRED GREENLEAF.

Vitnesses F. FRADLEY, J osnrn J. DAY, Jr.

